Atmospheric chemistry

Atmospheric chemistry

A scientific study of the chemistry of the Earth's atmosphere and that of other planets.

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isobaric

Chemistry; Atmospheric chemistry

Constant pressure along a surface. Imagine a column of air from the Earth's surface to the top of the atmosphere. Each point along the atmosphere's altitude containing the same pressure is an ...

carbonyl sulfide

Chemistry; Atmospheric chemistry

COS, a gas that is very stable and unreactive in the troposphere, but, it is thought, photolyzes to form carbon monoxide, CO, and sulfur, S, in the stratosphere. Through stratospheric chemical ...

CS 2 , a compound used to manufacture products such as rayon and cellophane. Carbon disulfide is produced naturally by microbial activity in marshes and in volcanic ash. Since carbon disulfide does ...